Classroom Arrangement and Teaching Strategies for Students with ASD
SERP 464 Final Project December 7, 2014
Kaitlyn Dennis
Overview
• Certain variables (sensory factors) in the classroom that can be adjusted for students with ASD
• Organization of the classroom • Utilizing visual schedules • Instructional strategies for students with ASD • Strategies for communication and problem
solving with students with ASD
Sensory Triggers in the Classroom
• Sound• Lighting • Smells • Temperature
Organization in the Classroom
• Appropriate seating • Every item in the
classroom has a “home”• Study carrels • Safe haven or home
base
Visual Schedules
• Object Schedule • Picture Schedule • Written Schedule
Setting up an Inclusion Classroom
http://depts.washington.edu/hscenter/disabilities-coordinator-01c-strengthening-foundation
Instructional Strategies
• Prompting • Graduated guidance• Time delay • Increasing Assistance• Chaining• Shaping • Reinforcement• Extinction Procedures
Communication and Problem Solving Strategies
• Forgetfulness • Novelty • Visible but unreachable• Violation of expectations • Piece by piece • Assistance• Interruption
Another Approach to Teaching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO6dc7QSQb4
Future Application
• As a future teacher, I know how important it is to create an environment that is comfortable so that all of my students can have the best learning experience possible. I will use many of these strategies whether or not I have students with ASD in my classroom and will think of my students needs first when organizing my own class.
Works Cited • National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum
Disorders (2008). Session 6:Instructional strategies and learning environments. In Foundations of autism spectrumdisorders: An online course. Chapel Hill: FPG Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina.
• Kluth, P. (2010). "You're Going to Love This Kid!" Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO6dc7QSQb4• http://depts.washington.edu/hscenter/disabilities-coordinator-01c-
strengthening-foundation
